Mama

MamaIf there were ever two bands who were made to share a slab of wax, it's Guantanamo Baywatch and Shannon & The Clams. Suicide Squeeze Records' latest Portland based signees, Guantanamo Baywatch, continue their tradition of filtering AM radio rock n' roll, surf, and rockabilly through a layer of punk sleaze into a ribald and hyper sexualized ruckus with their country fried two step "Love Kin." On the flipside, Oakland's Shannon & The Clams invoke golden

A Love That Hurts

Hint Hint jerk their way through darkened melodies like a timed musical seizure

these kinds of casual DIY constructions are perhaps the more honest contribution to the Americana lineage—the true homespun artform

the warmth

Visits finds each of the band’s five members stepping outside of themselves

it feels like a band finding something new in the act of not overthinking

With the additions of Lexi Funston and David Ruiz

and sumptuous

their mission was to escape the gloom of the Pacific Northwest and the placating comfort of familiarity

Michio's Death Drive

Previous installments have paired their no-fucks-given badassery with Puerto Rican partiers Davila 666

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